1978 - Winning Recipe

1978 – Won Recipe Contest

I entered one of my recipes in a contest for Potpourri of Cookery. The prize wasn’t for money, just to have your recipe appear in a cookbook.

My recipe was for Apple Coffee Cake and appears on page 244 under Breads in Potpourri of Cookery.

APPLE COFFEE CAKE

3 eggs                          1 Cup Mazola oil                     1 Cup buttermilk

1 Cup Applesauce       2 Cups Flour                           1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. soda                   1 tsp cinnamon                        1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. allspice               1 Cup black walnuts, chopped

Blend sugar and oil and buttermilk. Sift flour, salt, allspice and cinnamon. Slowly add buttermilk, blend well. Mix in vanilla and nuts. Pour into well greased and floured cake pan and bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

SAUCE TOPPING:

½ Cup buttermilk        ½ tsp. soda                  1 cup sugar      1 stick butter               ½ tsp. vanilla

Mix ingredients together in sauce pan. Cook 7 minutes. When cake is done, punch several holes in it and pour sauce evenly over the cake. Serve hot or cold. Serves 12.

Alternate Topping from Frances Thomas

CARMEL FROSTING

1 cup brown sugar       1 stick butter   3 teaspoons milk         3 cups Powdered Sugar

Boil 3 minutes; stirring constantly. Let cool then add 3 cups powdered sugar; beat until right consistency to spread.